Many
cheapskates might find paying an annual fee for a credit card too much to stomach when so many cards, even ones with competitive rewards, charge none.
"We saw an opportunity to segue the success of the Kid to Kid model to a young adult concept with Uptown
Cheapskate," Sloan says.
For example, the
Cheapskate Marathon event on July 29th will notify Members each time a new wine is offered via Twitter on their handle, @WTSO (the website and mobile app always have the current deal, so anyone can view and purchase what item is being offered at any given time).
(My early adulthood passed before electronic devices became a conspicuous form of consumption.) But I came by my present attitude towards expenditure honestly and can even boast of being a third-generation
cheapskate. My parents grew up during the Great Depression and learned to scrimp early in life.
Seriously, though, a
cheapskate? Any more of that talk and she won't be getting the PS100 of gift vouchers for Comet.
Yeager, who is doing a national book tour on his bicycle, is the author of "Ultimate
Cheapskate's Roadmap to True Riches."
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A group campaigning on behalf of young people said no real jobs were being created, while a union leader claimed the unemployment figures were being "massaged" with "
cheapskate, low-paid projects".
WELL done, Luke Edwards (The Journal, February 4), for laying bare the
cheapskate buy 'em in and sell 'em on policy which Mike Ashley has adopted at Newcastle United.
That's where "The Ultimate
Cheapskate's Road Map To True Riches", Jeff Yeager's compendium of information, advice, suggestions, and resources will come in handy for the non-specialist general reader seeking to enjoy life more while spending less.
I was expecting some great revelation, like the equipment was finally going to become affordable--just what my
cheapskate self was hoping for--or that new agreement had been reached on a final standard.
It's also really
cheapskate. It looks like it was made for 50p and runs for barely an hour, though that feels like 10.